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Biography: general
Paperback. The fascinating story of one of England's most famous monarchs, Alfred the Great, from his birth to the discovery of a piece of his pelvis in a cardboard box in a museum in Winchester Num Pages: 272 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; BGH; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445649641
- ISBN
- 9781445649641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.34
€ 14.99
€ 12.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747571124
- ISBN
- 9780747571124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.67
€ 19.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. A confessional, uplifting memoir from the beloved YouTube personality Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476794303
- ISBN
- 9781476794303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.75
€ 16.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFCA; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473608061
- ISBN
- 9781473608061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409146827
- ISBN
- 9781409146827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. The definitive account of the Jimmy Savile story. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782067467
- ISBN
- 9781782067467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Hardcover. The much-anticipated memoir from the former Vice President of the United States Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 16-page b-w inserts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Threshold Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439176191
- ISBN
- 9781439176191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.49
€ 36.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. Paul Galvin has enjoyed a brilliant and at times controversial career. This book offers a compelling, unflinching account of a career that has fascinated football fans for over a decade. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848272064
- ISBN
- 9781848272064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.28
€ 14.99
€ 10.28
Paperback. In this autobiographical work, the author remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the "bet din", or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle parents maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422662
- ISBN
- 9780099422662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.39
€ 20.99
€ 16.39
Paperback. A unique chronicle of an American navy family's life during the Vietnam war years. The book recounts the story of the Stockdale family, including Jim Stockdale's seven years as a prisoner-of-war after his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and his wife Sybil's work negotiating for POW's. Num Pages: 576 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 39. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557507846
- ISBN
- 9781557507846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.60
€ 48.60
Paperback. Offers an account of more than five decades of success as a performer, concert promoter, songwriter, music publisher, engineer, and record producer. As witness to and participant in over a half century of music history, this title provides a sophisticated window into American vernacular music. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 b&w photographs, discography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGL; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079818
- ISBN
- 9780252079818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. The speeches of Nelson Mandela Num Pages: 608 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; JPHL; JPHV; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 39. Weight in Grams: 500. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KCG0002500
- ISBN
- 9780349117768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This volume contains the speeches of Nelson Mandela. Num Pages: 608 pages, Section: 16, colour. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGHA; JPHL; JPHV; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 145 x 39. Weight in Grams: 498. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. MANDELA
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KRF0040840
- ISBN
- 9780349117768
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Manuel Cortes was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the peasant reform movement and an organizer in the farm workers' unionization struggles. He also became mayor of Malaga, where he was caught up in the ferment of revolutionary Spain in the late 1930s. This title supplements Cortes' ordeal. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844675968
- ISBN
- 9781844675968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.68
€ 26.68
Paperback. A story of astonishing hardship and near despair, and also of triumph over terrible adversity. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Well-read paperback in good condition.Some shelf wear; may have some light soiling.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF0030945
- ISBN
- 9780099525394
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Chris Edwards has gone from running a stall in the Wakefield markets to masterminding the UK's cheapest store. In 2015, Chris sold 75 per cent of Poundworld for GBP150million, but he is still in control and determined to drive Poundworld to new heights. This is the truly inspiring story of one man's rise to the very top. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJH; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786060266
- ISBN
- 9781786060266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.06
€ 21.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. This volume is devoted to the smaller and more unusually-shaped works of Carleton E. Watkins, many of which have not been published before. The book also contains an overview of his life, and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 55 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363995
- ISBN
- 9780892363995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.62
€ 21.99
€ 17.62
Hardback. Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his peers as a man of formidable mind and outsized personality. In this biography, Michael Shermer aims to rescue him from the history's sidelines. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195148305
- ISBN
- 9780195148305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.71
€ 35.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578717
- ISBN
- 9781877578717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.29
€ 20.99
€ 16.29
Hardback. Presents the biography of Imre Nagy, a Communist leader. This book traces his life from his conventional, petty bourgeois childhood in south-west Hungary, through his tremendous political achievements and ultimate dramatic failure. Translator(s): Bak, Janos M. Series: Communist Lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JJPG; BGH; JPFC; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845119591
- ISBN
- 9781845119591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.57€ 133.89
€ 151.57
€ 133.89
Paperback. A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 col. illus. & 14 figs. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; BGR; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 38. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216950
- ISBN
- 9780300216950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.16
€ 25.99
€ 19.16
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800797775
- ISBN
- 9780800797775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.27
€ 15.99
€ 13.27
Hardback. Three questions in 19th-century imperial Africa are covered here - the Krio and the British, the kingdom of Asante and partition of East Africa. Further studies discuss the 20th-century French leaving Africa and the British leaving the Middle East. There is a note on John Hargreaves and his work. Editor(s): Bridges, Roy. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; BGH; HBJF1; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741139
- ISBN
- 9780333741139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp Colour Photo Insert. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 241.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345523266
- ISBN
- 9780345523266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.54
€ 18.99
€ 16.54